“It is, of course, only natural that Thanksgiving, aka: Turkey Day, is part of the American National Political Discourse, as a Healing Process to Presidential Elections. That’s because in general, every four years, while roughly half of Americans are celebrating that their flightless fowl took over the Bald Eagle’s nest, the other half are feeling a little bitter that they’re feeling all carved up inside, despite the fact that their turkey did not get picked.”
— Yasha Harari

Facebook users on Android can finally upload videos in HD resolutions, nearly two years after their iOS counterparts. Android Police spotted the change, which is available in the app’s settings menu, next to the option to upload photos in HD as well. The change seems to have rolled out over the past few weeks, but now appears to be available to everyone. It’s kind of crazy that it’s taken this long; Android phones have been shooting HD and even 4K video for ages now. But hey, better late than never. Perhaps more interesting, however, are other updates that Facebook is apparently…

I learned two things by scoping out Instagram account ‘Genderless Nipples:’ Nipples look really strange without the context of the surrounding area. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t discern the difference between male and female nipples. And I just learned a third thing: I’ve now used “nipple” four times in the first 50 words of an article (this mention included) — achievement unlocked. The Instagram account has over 5,000 followers and subscribes to a single mission: nipple equality. According to its bio: Men are allowed to show their nipples, women’s get banned. Support ALL genders! Let’s change this policy!…

When Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the moon in 1969, I doubt he gave much thought to the dank memes that would one day come of it. I also doubt he knew what ‘dank’ or ‘meme’ meant, but it really doesn’t matter; I’m painting a picture here. NASA already taps over a dozen social media networks to share its imagery, but today it’s adding two more: Pinterest and Giphy. The former, Pinterest, will be used to post “new and historic images and videos, known as pins, to collections called pinboards,” according to a NASA blog post. I’m not an avid…

With Google’s entering the smartphone game for real with its Pixel phones, it seems Android manufacturers have been scrambling to get software updates to their devices more quickly than ever. ZTE is the latest, with a beta update to Nougat available for those who sign up via its community forums. There’s an approval process, but it bodes well for a release not too far off in the future. The Axon 7 joins several other devices in Nougat support (if still preliminary), which appears to be rolling out surprisingly fast compared to the usual Android upgrade pattern. The LG V20 was the…

During Microsoft’s Build Conference earlier this year, CEO Satya Nadella delivered the three-hour keynote address, in which he highlighted his belief that the future of technology lies in human language. In this new wave of technology, conversation is the new interface, and “bots are the new apps.” While not as flashy as virtual reality nor as immediately practical as 3D printing, chatbots are nevertheless gaining major traction this year, with support coming from across the entire tech industry. The big tech enterprises are all entering the chatbot space, and many startups are too. The question is, why is so much…